Improvement in stoves



B. CLAFLIN.

Stove.

No. 168,452. Patented 0ct.5,I875.

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BUGKMAN OLAFLIN, OF GALION, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 168,452, dated October5, 1875; application filed May 3, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BUCKMAN GLAFLIN, of Galion, in the county ofCrawford andv State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stoves, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to certain improve ments in that class of stovesdesigned to be used during the summer months, which are constructed tobe inserted into the pot-hole of an ordinary or parlor stove, andprovided with draft-openings, in such manner that, when fuel is placedin the stove and lighted at the top, the draft will enter throughopenings in the sides of the stove, pass downwardly through the fuel,and out at openings in the bottom of the same into the stove proper,from which it passes into the smoke-escape pipe, the articles to becooked being placed over and supported by the stove.

Prior to my invention such class of stoves has been constructed of a potmade of a single piece of cast-iron, having at its upper edge a lateralflange, so that the entire pot depends within the stove, and issupported by the lateral flange resting on the top plate of the ordinarycookingstove. Such are open to the serious objection that the walls ofthe pot will expand when heated, and thereby there is great liability ofbursting the top plate of the ordinary cooking-stove, which my inventionis designed to overcome.

To this end my invention consists of a ves' sel, or, what is a moreproper name, and what I will hereafter term it, a stove, near thecentral part of which is formed or provided a peripheral flange orshoulder, for supporting it in the pot-hole of an ordinary cook orparlor stove, the sides of the same, beneath and above the peripheralflange, being provided with a series of draft-openings, all of whichwill be fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents my invention applied toan ordinary cook-stove. Fig.2 is a vertical section of my invention,showing the boiler in place, and the cover or top to the stove; and Fig.3 is a detached view of the broiliug apparatus.

The stove A is preferably constructed of and in form it resembles aninverted truncated cone. The bottom is provided with a series ofelongated openings, at, and also its lower sides, as shown at b, therebeing, in the present instance, two rows of the latter of difl'erentsizes. Near the middle or central part of the stove is formed orprovided a projecting shoulder or peripheral flange, c, for supportingthe same within the pot-hole of an ordinary cook-stove, in such mannerthat the side walls are not in contact with the top plate of thecooking-stove, thereby allowing of contraction and expansion. The topportion of the stove, above the peripheral flange, is provided with arim or bead, d, and immediately beneath the same, in the side of thestove, is provided a series of openings, 0, the same being arranged atintervals entirely around the stove.

The operation of the stove thus constructed will be readily understood.

The stove is arranged in the pot-hole of an ordinary cooking-stove, andis supported therein by the peripheral shoulder or flange c at thecenter of the vessel, and a suificient quantity of fuel, such ascharcoal, is placed in the bottom of the stove, lighted at the top, andthe cover B placed over the stove. The currents of air entering theupper perforations pass down through the fuel out of the lower openingsinto the ordinary cook-stove, and from thence pass out through thesmokepipe, a continuous draft being thus secured. It is, of course,necessary, in order to accomplish this, that the front of the cook-stovein connection with which the invention is used be closed.

In order to broil meats, to heat smoothingirons, or to support a vesselto boil vegetables, 860., I use in connection with my stove a broiler,which consists of a series of bars or wires, f, crossing each other, andconfined rigidly together by means of rings g. The broiler is supportedwithin the stove, over the fire, by means of the ends of the bars, whichrest against the inner surface of the stove, which is flared outwardlynear the top, to afford sufflcient support to the broiler.

Having thus described my invention, what flange, substantially asdescribed, for the object herein specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand.

BUCKMAN OLAFLIN.

Witnesses:

G. E. THAYER, J. W. CUTTER.

